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I’m with Zan and grew up grazing around creekbeds for fossils (and arrowheads if we were really lucky.) This video captures that joy through an adult lens of continued learning.

And three other related questions. A dense, concise and lovely reply. / via Daring Fireball

A thought in four panels

Recommended viewing to lift the spirit.

There’s some heaviness in this conversation with puppeteer and director Frank Oz, but I wish it was three times longer. And Stepford Wives wasn’t that bad of a movie.

There were murmurs that new ABBA music would be coming for some time, but now that it’s just days away? Yeah, I’m giddy.

Explore the world through the eye of a young woman recording the last moments of different cultures before they’re washed away. / via @colly

I first caught Peng Xiaoying and Fan Deduo while I had TikTok installed and their movements made me happy. I’m glad I followed the comments to seek out more of their story.

Cheesemonger Anne Saxelby illustrates the best way to cut, serve and store all the cheeses. #aspirational-work-title

“I didn’t want to take anything experimental.” the dying patient said, though earlier he’d started taking hydroxychloroquine he had found on the internet.

Podcast with Panic as they discuss how they came to make the Playdate with Teenage Engineering (now available for pre-sale!).

7,102 languages represented in this infographic by Alberto Lucas Lopez. / via Caterina Fake

Scenes created with alternative items to recreate everyday things. Smile inducing. / via Yewknee

Made by two men (and one cameraman) in 278 days. A mesmerizing 18 minutes. / via Yewknee

Beer with a removable guitar pick and cans that illustrate chords. Neato. / via UnderConsideration

An excellent looking small batch Risograph zine supporting the Queer.Archive.Work organization. / / via & by @soulellis

I’m glad the parks are getting visitors, but maybe we need more of them… (The photos and videos for this article illustrate the overcrowding quite well.)

Brooklyn-born black photographer Kwame Brathwaite inspired new viewpoints, visual language and a movement to celebrate black lives in the 60’s / via Creative Mornings newsletter

9 panels about growing by Grant Snider / via my friend Shannon

I’ve kept this post from Kottke alive at the end of my RSS reader for 2 weeks because I didn’t want it to go away, so I’m saving it here.

Seating, a desk, books and a bathroom. Dreamy.

Throw your lego down and scan it with this app and it will give you step by step instructions to build new things. Haven’t tried this, but it sounds far out. / via ProductHunt

Photos by Jenna Schoenefeld really make this piece come to life. I would love to see the same exploration for different beaches around the states and globe. / via tmn

It’s starting to get so busy that a rethink is in order, but the concept of evolving a symbol to serve greater understanding is solid.

This aurora borealis has been on my bucketlist since I can remember. This seems like a valuable hotel resource to have on hand.

A lovely animation of an astronaut swimming through stars

I asked about the song playing and Erik said it was the same musician that did the Xanadu cover linked earlier. Here’s a story about his new song – “a tribute to a time that is […]

“Addressing the harm wrought by dramatically restructuring human communication of the span of a decade, with no aim other than selling ads.” Of all the challenges we face? This one is so very important to address.

Started the morning with my heart out to this man playing guitar for his captive audience, a dog named Maple who recently passed.

Erik introduced me to these musicians driving up to the mountain – blues and a hint of gospel and country that blend so wonderfully. This live recording was posted to honor the fight for freedom.